As I know ,aesni is support after openssl 1.0.1? it is not an engine, and no kernel module need. It will be enable automatically when you use evp api.
BR Kane -----Original Message----- From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of John Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 7:32 AM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: How can I enable aes-ni in openssl on Linux I recently became aware of aes-ni and found the linked articles. My CPU supports this, but it seems (assuming the advice in the linked pages is accurate) that openssl does not have it enabled. What am I missing? I am running Arch Linux x86_64 and an using the repo provided package for openssl. % openssl engine (rsax) RSAX engine support (rdrand) Intel RDRAND engine (dynamic) Dynamic engine loading support Links: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/AES_NI http://datacenteroverlords.com/2011/09/07/aes-ni-pimp-your-aes ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org